UFC 228 Weigh-in Results: One Title Fight Gets Green Light, the Other is Canceled

With one championship fight getting the green light and the other being canceled, the UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till weigh-in took a wild turn on Friday, but not the one that most had anticipated.

Coming into the weigh-in, most people were keeping a close eye on Darren Till when he hit the scale for his challenge of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Till has missed weight in the past, including his last fight, so there were skeptics that doubted he would hit the mark for what many believed to be an underserved title shot.

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In the lead-up to the weigh-in, Till had said he would prove all the doubters wrong, and he did. He stepped on the scale at 169 pounds. Woodley doesn't typically have any issues on the scale and didn't on Friday. He weighed 170 pounds on the nose.

There was little concern about the women's flyweight championship bout, but that was the one that surprised everyone. Well, everyone save for Valentina Shevchenko.

As the UFC 228 weigh-in was getting underway, ESPN reported that Montano had been transported to a local hospital with no details of her malady, immediately putting the co-main event bout in doubt. A short time later, ESPN and multiple sources confirmed that Montano was not going to be able to fight on Saturday and that Shevchenko was without an opponent. The bout was then canceled altogether.

"As a precautionary measure, UFC flyweight Nicco Montaño was transported to a medical facility Friday morning due to health concerns," the UFC confirmed in a public statement.

"The scheduled flyweight championship bout between Montaño and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 has been canceled."

MMAWeekly.com will have more information on the shuffling of the UFC 228 fight card when the UFC makes its adjustments. Even with the cancellation of the co-main event, the UFC 228 fight card will move forward with 13 bouts.

Jimmie Rivera was the lone fighter that had yet to step on the scale at the time of publication. He stepped on the scale at 136 pounds with a little more than 15 minutes remaining in the two-hour weigh-in window, making his bantamweight bout with John Dodson official.